Doug:
Christ, now I can breathe and let my Spring Training bonah of expectation stand tall.

Bill:
What a stupid deal though. Everyone waited months for that?

Doug:
Seriously, as Gleeman says, "The end result of a bad situation handled poorly is a mediocre package of players that has no one excited."

Bill:
And the to the fucking Mets? Poor Santana.

Doug:
I know. The Mets are like a floatah in your kamode that refuses to be flushed.

Doug:
You know, just hanging around the surface believing it's not really a turd at all and not realizing it's just some transient low density freak of nature that will in the end spiral down the maelstrom of oblivion in so many broken, waterlogged pieces.

Doug:
Hey, now, comparing the Yankees harebrained spending to a drunken sailah is totally unfair to the drunken sailah …

Doug:
I mean when all is said in done, at least the drunken sailor wakes up the next day satiated and sticky and having gotten exactly what he set out for.

Doug:
One can't say the same for the Yankees who are all money but no money shot.

Bill:
Seriously. Could Theo Epstein have been any more prescient than when he said back in '03 that the Red Sox would nevah outspend the Yankees, but that they would do everything possible to outsmaht them?

Doug:
Absolutely. That outsmahting business is working out quite well, isn't it?

Bill:
I swear I'll nevah take it for granted how lucky we are to have the current editions of the Red Sox and Patriots, the two most brilliantly run organizations in the entiah world of sports.

Rider on Green Line:
One of the regular readers and contributors to The Soxaholix, Natalie, happened to live in that condo complex and, as she writes,

"I have lost everything but my life and my dog and my purse …"

Rider on Green Line:
In the spirit of the season and in the spirit of the Red Sox fan community, several other regulars to the site have set up a PayPal donation account with the modest aim of trying to replace some of Nat's Red Sox gear and paraphernalia.

Here's the button/link to donate:

[Thanks to all of you who donated to the cause. It was an enormous success! Natalie will be choosing her replacement Red Sox gear etc this week and we'll be giving her a check for the remainder.]

Rider on Green Line:
And whether you are able to donate or not, just take a moment to send good thoughts Natalie's way and take a moment to be thankful for what you have. To lose one's possessions and one's home to fire or other disaster is truly dreadful.